Mike Capuano

Mike Capuano (9 January 1952-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-MA 8) from 3 January 1999 to 3 January 2013, succeeding Joseph P. Kennedy II and preceding Stephen F. Lynch, and from MA 7 from 3 January 2013, succeeding Ed Markey.

Biography
Mike Capuano was born in Somerville, Massachusetts in 1952, and he worked as a lawyer specializing in tax law before being elected to the Somerville Board of Aldermen in 1976. He served as Mayor from 1990 to 1999, when he was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Democratic Party member. He was a staunch liberal and a member of the Progressive Democrats, and he opposed the Iraq War and was a strong supporter of labor rights and unions.